Morpheme
Chisel
Type
free base
Denotation
cutting tool
Etymology
Middle English chisel, chesel; Old Northern French chisel, cisel, from cisoir; Late Latin cīsōrium; Latin -cisus, from cidere, from caedere
Evidence
chisel, chiseled, chiseler, chiseling, chiselled, chiseller, chisellike, chiselling, chiselmouth, chisels, enchisel, rechisel
Notes
<l> need not double (but can), especially with inflectional suffixes
